GRI Global Energy Transition eSummit

Adil Engineer

Jt.Managing PartnerCREDBERG

India

Adil Engineer is a founding Director and Managing Partner of Credberg and is based in Mumbai. Adil is responsible for Jointly leading the firms growth Strategy. He has more than 28 years of experience encompassing investment banking, investment management and construction. He has advised on deals in excess of US$ 4 billion across asset classes and the entire capital stack. Mr Engineer was previously a Partner at Brookfield Financial where he was instrumental in setting up the Indian operations and for leading the investing banking and advisory function.

Adolfo Osorio

Managing DirectorBBVA - Mexico

Mexico

Ajay Chaudhary

National Head – Project FinanceL&T Finance

India

He is a motivated business leader having 21 years of experience in financial sector with P&L responsibility. Experienced in providing corporate & project lending solutions to a wide spectrum of clients. As an experienced banking professional, he has a proven track record as a relationship strategist, specializing in building a group of well nurtured business partners, who are offered end to end solutions in project finance/ structured finance and other product offering, thereby creating profitable business segments for the organization. Responsible for setting business goals and building strategies to fulfill the items contained therein.

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Alan Fernandes

Executive Board Member/ CEO - BrazilHaitong

Brazil

Experienced Executive Board Member with a demonstrated history of working in the investment banking industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Financial Structuring, Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Investment Banking, and Public-private Partnerships.

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Alberto Zoffmann

Partner - Venture Builder - EnergiaRiza Asset Management

Brazil

Aldo Malpartida

Principal Investment OfficerIDB Invest

USA

I am a seasoned business executive with 20 years’ experience leading the origination, structuring and management of principal and syndicated investments, including structured debt, mezzanine, and private equity. I am passionate about serving my clients, while structuring investments that adequately balance risk and return.

My areas of expertise include Energy, Infrastructure, and Extractives (Oil, Gas & Mining). I have arranged syndicated loans and mezzanine/equity investments across Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Currently, I lead business origination and structuring for IDB Invest in the Infrastructure and Energy space of Peru and Bolivia.

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Alejandra Ponce Argüello

Head of Credit Risk- Corporate & Investment BankingBanco Santander

Mexico

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Alejandro Paredes

Private Equity Vice PresidentPatria Investimentos

Colombia

Allan Gabriel

Project Finance VP, EnergyItau BBA

Brazil

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Alonso Alvarez

Managing DirectorHEG Energy

Mexico

Alvaro Villasante

Vice Presidente de GeneraciónGrupo Energía Bogotá

Colombia

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Amit Jain

MD - Middle East, South & Central AsiaENGIE Solar India

India

Amit has extensive entrepreneurial and leadership experience in Renewable Energy, Thermal Power and the Water/Wastewater sector driving growth, project execution, operational performance and change management. In the current role as Managing Director of Engie Solar for the India and Middle East Region, Amit manages a portfolio of 1GW of solar assets in India across 7 States and supports construction and engineering for other global markets. He is part of the several forums and is quite active in advocating in bringing about reforms in the power and more specifically in the Renewables sector. Amit holds a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, USA and Master’s in Finance & Management from Cranfield University, UK.

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Amit Jain

Senior Energy SpecialistThe World Bank

India

Amit has a Ph.D. in solar, Fulbright Scholar at NREL, USA and Chevening Fellow at King’s College, London. He works with the World Bank and is leading a $2 billion renewable portfolio in India, Bangladesh and Maldives. It includes REWA and Charanka solar park, integrated by PM Shri Narendra Modi. The project has received the World Bank Group President Award for innovation and excellence and included in the Prime Minister's book 'A Book of Innovation: New Beginnings'. His previous assignments include the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Clinton Foundation. Amit has authored two books on climate change policy & waste to energy and has several international peer-reviewed journal publications.

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Ana Maria Vidaurre

Head of Global M&A Energy Transition - RenewablesCEPSA

Spain

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Anderson de Lima

Specialist IT Project ManagementEquinor

Brazil

André Castro

Sócio FundadorGera Energia Brasil

Brazil

André Tchernobilsky

CEOZEG Environmental

Brazil

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Andrea Sztajn

Chief Financial OfficerOmega Geração

Brazil

Andrea joined Omega in 2014 as Head of Funding and M&A, leading the efforts for brownfield and greenfield activities. Prior to Omega, she worked for financial institutions in São Paulo and New York, including UBS (and UBS Pactual), Credit Suisse and Citibank, over the last 13 years, being responsible for equity and debt capital markets transactions, M&As and private placements. Andrea holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from FGV/São Paulo.

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Andrés García Novel

Energy Sector Lead - LACIFC

USA

Focused in origination, structuring and management of debt and equity investments since 2006, Andres is currently based in Mexico City, where he moved from Washington DC in November 2014 and from where he now leads IFC’s infrastructure business origination in Mexico and Central America. He has more than 12 years of emerging market investment experience, including 10 years in the energy sector with IFC globally. His responsibilities currently also include originating and structuring equity transactions comprising co- investment opportunities in Mexico for the US$1.2 billion China-Mexico Fund managed by IFC’s Asset Management Company. He received an MBA from the IESE Business School (Barcelona, Spain) in 2006.

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Andrés Zuluaga

Structured Finance ManagerBanco Davivienda S.A.

Colombia

Anton Kobzev

Associate DirectorOMERS Infrastructure

Canada

Anton Kobzev is a Principal in the Latin America Infrastructure team within the Infrastructure and Natural Resources group at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. He has been involved in the infrastructure sector for five years and has significant experience in structuring and executing investments in North and South America. In his current role, Anton is part of a team that covers the infrastructure sector in Latin America, with a focus on Mexico and Brazil. Prior to Teachers’, he has worked in investment banking with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Canada. Anton holds a BCom degree in Finance and Economics from Rotman Commerce at the University of Toronto. He is a CFA charterholder.

António Carlos

President of the Executive CouncilGrupo Casais

Portugal

Antonio Lisboa

Diretor de OperaçõesERL Engenharia

Brazil

Atishay Jain

Head - Investments & StrategyFortum - India

India

Augusto Ugarte

CFOPrimax

Peru

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Balawant Joshi

Managing DirectorIdam Infrastructure Advisory Private

India

Bruno Chevalier

CEOArke Energia

Brazil

Graduated in Law from UERJ and post graduated (LLM) at the University of London, Queen Mary College. He has 15 years of experience in the energy sector, with over 5 GW of generation projects developed. He worked at MPX, where he led the legal, environmental and new business areas, becoming project director. He was Managing Director of MPX's joint venture with the German power generation corporation. He led Parnaíba Gás Natural S.A., of which he was statutory director since its foundation and later CEO. In 2015 he joined Pátria as director of the infrastructure area with a focus on electricity. In April 2016 he participated in the creation of Argo Transmissão de Energia S. A. where he is currently the CEO.

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Carlo Bongianni

AdvisorERL Engenharia

USA

More than 30 years of experience in iinfrastructure financing and regulation. Now indep.'t adviser, formerly VP Finance & Inv.'t at FDN, Bogotà, Colombia and Manager Infrastructure Sector at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). He held positions in Intesa Sanpaolo, including Chief of Infrastructure, Advisory and External Dev.'t at BIIS SpA, M&A Director, Corp. Fin. and Advisory (energy, water, utilities clients). In London Senior Manager, Corp. Fin. at National Power PLC, previously Principal at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan and Master of Science in Engineering from the Engineering School of the University of Bologna

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Carlos Barrera

CEOAtlas Renewable Energy

USA

Carlos Barrera (Ucho) is currently CEO of Atlas Renewable Energy. Before joining Atlas Renewable Energy, Ucho worked at SunEdison for six years, as Managing Director & VP for Latin America where he grew the business from scratch to invest $1bn in a span of 4 years, and develop 500MW+ of projects financed and constructed. Prior to that time, Ucho was at BP in multiple executive roles across Oil & Gas, Cleantech Venture Capital, and Alternative Energy in London, Australia, China and Madrid. Ucho holds an Engineering degree from Lehigh University, a PLD certificate from Harvard University, and an Executive MBA from Kellogg, Northwestern University.

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Carlos Barrientos Gonzales

Gerente GeneralERL Engenharia

Peru

Carlos De Luna

Head of Diversified IndustriesScotiabank

Mexico

Carlos Echevarria

Energy Senior SpecialistIDB - Inter-American Development Bank - Bolivia

Bolivia

Carlos Gros

PartnerGera Energia Brasil

Brazil

Carlos Jacob

PartnerCapitale Energia

Brazil

Carlos Vergara

Miembro independiente junta directivaConstrucciones El Condor

Colombia

Carolina Barreto

Programme Manager LatamClimate Bonds Initiative

Mexico

Carolina is responsible for the Climate Bonds Initiative’s market development of the Green Finance Programme in Latin America as a project lead. She is focused on climate finance, policy advisory, strategy development, market structure, investor & regulatory engagement, capacity building and training. Carolina has over seven years of experience in Finance and Risk Management connecting traditional markets with Impact Investing. She has worked in international organizations such as VC Fund Accion Venture Lab, Fintech Fundation, Ashoka, Goldman Sachs; the Inter-American Development Bank; and Banco Popular, part of Grupo Aval, in Colombia.

Catalina Brando

Investment ManagerJohn Laing

United Kingdom

Chirdeep Bagga

Director, Infrastructure, South AsiaCDPQ

India

Chirdeep Bagga is Director – Infrastructure, South Asia with CDPQ since 2018 and has about 14 years of experience in the infrastructure sector. Prior to joining CDPQ, Chirdeep worked with JP Morgan’s Asian Infrastructure investment team in Mumbai. Previously, Chirdeep has worked with the IDFC Infrastructure Fund, Macquarie Capital and Strategic Decisions Group across diverse roles ranging from investments and asset management, corporate finance and management consulting. Chirdeep is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Christiane Cralcev

Gerente de ComunicaçãoERL Engenharia

Brazil

Craig Windram

Head Europe & AfricaVoltalia France

France

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Dalip Dua

DirectorOM Energy Generation

India

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Daniel Aquino

Managing Director, Head of Energy & Real Assets BrazilCrédit Agricole

Brazil

Mr. Daniel is Managing Director and CACIB’s Head of Energy & Real Assets Brazil, based in São Paulo focusing on Energy, O&G, Metals&Mining, Hydrogen and Infrastructure for Brazilian and international clients. Daniel has over 20 years of experience in the Banking and Project Finance market. Prior to joining CACIB, he was Head of Infrastructure, Oil&Gas and PPPs at the Project Finance department of Itaú BBA. Daniel holds an MBA in Finance from INSPER (2003) and MBA in Management from UNIBANCO (2008), He graduated in Public Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP). Daniel is a native Portuguese speaker and fluent in English.

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Daniele Salerno

Business Development Manager LATAMTerna

Italy

More than 15 years of experience in the energy sector, mainly in the business development of renewables and infrastructures, both in Italy and abroad.

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Dario Febre

Growth OwnerERL Engenharia

Argentina

Working in the energy sector since 1998, international senior executive on Business Development and Strategy, with broad experience in developing energy solutions for a wide range of customers in Latin America, with residence in Argentina, Peru, Chile and Mexico, and covering other countries like Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Panama. International experience in M&A, development of conventional and renewables power projects as well as natural gas pipelines and distribution companies, negotiation of contracts (SPA, EPC, EPC-M, SHA, JDA). Recent experience in US, Europe and Canada markets.

Dario Neto

Leader Technical ManagementEquinor

Brazil

David Delaire

MD & Head Asset ManagementMPC Capital

Germany

David Delaire is Managing Director, at MPC Renewable Energies, where he manages fundraising, M&A activities and all asset management activities. He serves as Director of Environment and Social Governance (ESG) for MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Fund (CCEF). The Fund CCEF, where the Caribbean Clean Energy, Limited (CCEL) is an investor, is the largest investment vehicle that is exclusively dedicated to investing in renewable energies assets in the Caribbean and Latin America. Additionally, he leads Initial Public Offerings, Rights Issuance and other fundraising activities for CCEF. David holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Tuskegee University, US, and a MBA with a focus in Management from Webster University, US

David Madero

Energy Solutions DirectorOrca Energy

David Taff

CEOSiemens Participações

Brazil

David Taff is the Senior Investment Manager of the Private Equity division of Siemens Financial Services, and CEO of the SFS Investment Company in Brazil. He is responsible for growing and managing a portfolio of private equity investments in the Americas on behalf of Siemens Financial Services. David started his career at Bear, Stearns & Co. as an investment analyst. In this role, he was ranked in the Institutional Investor annual selection of outstanding Latin American securities analysts. David was also the CFO of a Brazilian IPP (independent power producer). Prior to joining SIEMENS, David was the Director at GE responsible for structuring and underwriting investments in strategic transactions in Latin America.

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Dayong He

Head of Investment Department IICLAI Fund

China

Dayong He is the Head of Investment Department 2 in Claifund. Prior to this role, Dayong had many years’ working experience in foreign exchange reserves management. She was responsible for non-USD Fixed Income portfolio management and was head of external fund managers responsible for FOF construction and management. She also spent years as head of dealing room in the PBOC European Representative Office in London, UK. Dayong He entered Claifund since 2015.

Dhruba Purkayastha

DirectorClimate Policy Initiative

India

Dhruba is the Director for US India Clean Energy Finance Facility (USICEF) and works with Climate Policy Initiative. Earlier Dhruba worked with International Finance Corporation (IFC) as the Program Manager and with The World Bank as a Senior Specialist in the South Asia in Finance and Private Sector Development and has over 20 years of experience in infrastructure and clean energy.

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Diego Hollweck

Generadora Metropolitana

Chile

Edgardo Fonoll

CEODistrocuyo

Argentina

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Eliseu Pereira

ConselheiroBME Energia

Brazil

Emilio Andrade

DirectorArdian

Chile

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Enrique Herrera Soria

DirectorGrupo Panamerican

Bolivia

Eric Newman

Treasury ManagerCity of Stamford

USA

Eric serves on the City of Stamford Investment Advisory Committee, Classified Employees Retirement Fund Board, Defined Contribution Plan Board & Other Post-Employment Benefit (OPEB) Board. He also serves on the Town of Fairfield Joint Investment Retirement Board, NASP-MiDA Africa Institutional Investor Advisory Council and USAID Prosper Africa MiDA Institutional Investor Delegations to Senegal, Kenya and South Africa. Eric is a member of AIF Global Trustee Advisory Board. Has a B.B.A. in Accounting from Adelphi University; Certificate in Investment Banking from New York University; MBA from Sacred Heart University and is pursuing post grad studies in International Finance at Harvard University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

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Ernesto García Quintero

CEOEVM Energía

Mexico

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Everardo Suarez

Director - Global Client CoverageBBVA - Mexico

Mexico

Federico Fiscal

Director Corporate & Investment BankingBanco Sabadell

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Federico Jimeno

VP Business DevelopmentI Squared Capital

Colombia

Seasoned leader in business development, investment banking & strategy. Extensive work in the private sector compounded with relevant experience in the public sector, providing a comprehensive approach to situations that require both technical capabilities as well as strategic acumen.

Federico Sbarbi Osuna

Businnes Development DirectorGenneia

Argentina

Felipe Ferreira

Partner - InfraestructuraPerfin Investimentos

Brazil

Fernanda Meira

General CounselCTG Brasil

Brazil

Fernanda Neves

Manager Service ManagementEquinor

Brazil

Fernando Llaver

Chief Strategy OfficerSplight

USA

With more than 15 years of experience in C-Level positions in Energy and Infrastructure companies, he has led the transformation of these companies, expanding both, their size and valuation. He has also structured large infrastructure projects as Project Finance schemes and Public-Private-Partnerships programs. He maintains an active participation as an investor, strategic advisor and member of the board of a Private Equity firm with portfolio companies in technology and infrastructure industries. As a entrepreneur, he has ventured into new developments, being Splight the flagship of this new digital technologies, bringing the worlds of energy and digitalization together.

Filipe Bonaldo Alves

Managing DirectorA&M Infra

Brazil

Filipe Alves is an Industrial Engineer with background in industrial assets consulting, audit of construction projects, asset appraisal, claims management, schedule and budget control. During this period he has acquired a comprehensive knowledge of claims analyses, cost and schedule analysis and project audit. Mr. Alves has been member of the construction project audit team of Alvarez & Marsal which has expertise in project management; audit of accounts; operational audit; construction audit and project audit in companies with capital intensive activity. Filipe is Council member Presidente of AACE Brazil. PMP - Project Management Professional - PMI. CCP - Certified Cost Professional - AACE. EVP - Earned Value Professional

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Francesco Petrelli

Business Development DirecGrupo Bonatti - México

Mexico

Francisco Cobo

Executive Director, Infrastructure MexicoEY Mexico

Mexico

He joined the Firm as an Executive Director of Infrastructure Advisory & Project Finance in Transaction Advisory Services. He has 20 year professional experience as a Director of Project Finance and Infrastructure Advisory and the Federal Entity where he played a role in the divestiture process through PPP schemes. He has 12 year experience in Risk Analysis and Structured Finance in different financial institutions. He has participated in the development of projects in transport, water & sewage, health, and energy sectors through diverse financing structures and private sector partnerships. He has an MBA with specialization in Finance from ITESM and graduated in Industrial Engineering at the Universidad Iberoamericana.

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Francisco Werneck

CFOPWR Comercializadora

Brazil

Franklin Acevedo

Country HeadEnergy Development Corporation - Perú

Peru

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Gabriel Cerdio

Chief Investment OfficerAinda Energia & Infraestructura

Mexico

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Gastón Rios

Director de Capital MarketsPuente

Argentina

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Gerardo Aguilar

Senior Director & Fund ManagerMGM Innova Group

USA

Giancarlo Ortega

New Business Manager of InfrastructureIFC

Colombia

Glaucia Pacola

Vice PresidentJP Morgan

Brazil

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Gonzalo Maya Agudelo

Red de Energía del Perú

Colombia

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Guilherme Araújo

Director - Global BankingUBS

Guillermo Antonio Diaz Barquín

Head of StrategyCotemar

Mexico

Guillermo is the Head Of Strategy at COTEMAR with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. He is skilled in negotiation, business planning, operations management, strategic planning, and business process improvement. He holds a Masters Degree from ITESM Tec de Monterrey and graduated from IPADE Business School and IMD.

Guillermo Garcia

Senior Invesment OfficerCifi

Panama

Guillermo García Alcocer

Profesor, expresidente de la CREITAM - Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico

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Gustavo Fernandes

Head of International DevelopmentVoltalia Portugal

Portugal

Gustavo Martinez Baca

Executive Director Corporate BankingBanco Sabadell

Mexico

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Gustavo Ribeiro

CEOVientos Energy

Brazil

Henrique Amarante

Vice PresidenteBDMG - Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais

Henrique Freire

CFOEDP

Brazil

Henrique Theodorovicz

Diretor de EngenhariaVolga Energia

Brazil

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Igor Fonseca

Head of PowerBanco Santander

Brazil

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Inés Elvira Vélez

Corporate AffairsISAGEN

Colombia

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Isabel Chatterton

Regional director-APAC-InfrastructureIFC

Singapore

Isabel is the Regional Industry Director, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Asia and Pacific, based in Singapore. For seven years prior to her current role, Isabel was the Regional Manager for PPP Transaction Advisory Services, initially for South Asia based in Delhi, and subsequently in Singapore as her mandate expanded to cover all Asia Pacific for the last four years. Isabel spent four years in IFC’s Subnational Finance unit where she worked in deal origination, structuring and supervision of debt and structured finance products in more than six countries in LAC. Before joining IFC, Isabel held various positions in World Bank operations in the urban sector in the Middle East and North Africa region, the water sector in Latin America,

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Italo David

Diretor de EngenhariaSterlite Power

Brazil

J Krishna Sankar

Managing DirectorEastern Powers & Systems

India

Mr. Sankar is a graduate Mechanical Engineer with a Diploma in Business Management from Mumbai University
He has 40 years of work experience in the Energy Sector and about 15 years in the Renewable energy sector working on bringing foreign investors to India to understand the Indian market. Notable clients are SKYPOWER GLOBAL from Toronto CANADA and ENFINITY from BELGIUM. He has both an engineering and finance background working across sectors in the power sector. Good working relationship with PSU Banks DFI in India. Working with NEL of NORWAY for Hydrogen Power.

Jaime Ortiga

Director of Financial ResourcesISA

Colombia

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Javier Baldellou

Business development ManagerGrenergy Renovables

Spain

João Eduardo Pinheiro

Alupar

Brazil

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Jorge Camiña

Head of Sustainable Infrastructure CreditDenham Capital Management LP

USA

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Jorge de la Mora

Senior DirectorGrupo DDP México

Mexico

Experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the construction and telecommunications industries. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, International Business, and Pricing Strategy. Strong business development professional graduated from Harvard Business School.

Jorge Izquierdo

Gerente GeneralCosapi

Peru

Jorge Lafitte

VicepresidenteRed de Energía del Perú

Peru

José Álvarez

Country ManagerEgis

Mexico

Master in Engineering and Master in business (MBA) professional with fourteen years of experience as international company executive and working for technology driven companies, in several Industries: renewable energy, infrastructure design&construction, transportation, telecommunications and mission-critical IT for utilities.

José Antonio Dufour

Energy Senior SpecialistIDB - Inter-American Development Bank - Mexico

Mexico

José Guilherme Souza

Managing Partner - Head of Infrastructure InvestmentsVinci Partners

Brazil

Mr Souza has been with Vinci Partners since inception, and had been manager of FIP Brasil Energia while at Banco Pactual until 2009. At Vinci, Mr Souza was responsible for monitoring the investment in Equatorial Energia until 2015 and has served as board member of Celpa (Centrais Eletrica do Para), Cecrisa, and is still at the board of Grupo CBO. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá (EFEI) and an MBA with a major in Corporate Finance and Accounting from University of Rochester, New York (Beta Gamma Sigma award).

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José Martínez Sanguinetti

Chief Investment OfficerRIMAC Seguros e Reaseguros

Peru

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Joseph Legeleux

Director of M&A LatAm Power & UtilitiesBNP Paribas

USA

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Joswilb Vega Ugarte

Chief Investment OfficerProfuturo AFP

Peru

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Juan Buriticá Palacio

VINCI Construction - Global Headquarters

Colombia

Juan Pablo Montoya

Executive Director, Corporate and Investment BankCIBC

Colombia

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Juan Paez

Managing PartnerREAL Infrastructure

USA

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Juan Payeras

CIOIFC

USA

Juan Ramón Barcala

Adjunt DirectorGenerador Fenix

Mexico

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Julian Torrado

Managing DirectorCIBC

Colombia

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Juliana Aide

Principal Consultant Supply ChainEquinor

Brazil

Julie Marin

Investment Officer - InfrastructureIFC

Brazil

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Kailash Vaswani

President - Corporate FinanceReNew Power

India

Kailash is the President Corporate Finance and Deputy Chief Financial Officer at ReNew Power. He has more than 18 years of hands-on experience in corporate finance and investing. As part of ReNew, he has lead the cumulative debt raise in excess of US$5 billion. for the various projects of the Group and cumulative equity raise of US$ 1.5 billion from marquee investors.

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Kazuki Shimizu

Senior Vice President and COOMitsui & Co

USA

Kishore Desai

Principal-Strategy & PolicyNIIF

India

Klaus Büttner

Alberta Economic & Development Trade

Mexico

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Laura Vila

Senior Investment OfficerIFC

Laurence Monnier

Head of Strategy and ResearchAviva Investors Pensions Property Fund

United Kingdom

Ligia Camara

Principal Analyst IT Proj. ManagementEquinor

Brazil

Lucas Aristizabal

Senior Director, Latam Corporate RatingsFitch Ratings

USA

Lucas Aristizabal is a senior director in Fitch Ratings’ Latin American corporates group and heads the region’s electric-power utilities and energy (oil and gas) team. Mr. Aristizabal began his career at Fitch in 2002. While at Fitch, he has worked in a number of rating transactions with different levels of complexity, ranging from single-unit power plants to multinational corporations with diverse risks and business lines. He has authored several credit analysis and special reports focusing on electric-power and energy in Latin America. He earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Commerce and Economics from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. He also earned a Master in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Chicago.

Lucas Seabra

Assessor da PresidênciaBDMG - Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais

Brazil

Luis Fernández Pita

General Manager BrazilAtlas Renewable Energy

Brazil

Prior to joining Atlas Renewable Energy, Luis worked at SunEdison for four years as a GM for Brazil. Prior to that, he has accumulated over 20 years of executive roles experience on various continents, primarily in logistics, media production and retail. Luis was one of the founders of the Solar Energy Association of Brazil, and has been a board member since its inception. Luis has a degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Louis and an MBA from the University of Houston. He is also Black Belt Six Sigma.

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Luisa Franca

Business Development DirectorTAG

Brazil

Luiz Carvalho

Managing Director – Brazil Head of Equity Research & LatAm Sector Head for Oil & Gas /Petchem/ AgribusinessUBS

Brazil

Luiz Carvalho joined UBS in May 2016 and is the Head of LatAm Research, leading about 40 analysts covering around 16 sectors. Luiz is also the Senior Analyst covering the LatAm Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Agribusiness sectors. He has been ranked #1 analyst by Institutional Investor survey in Brazil Oil & Gas for 8 consecutive years. In LatAm Oil & Gas, Luiz has been ranked #1 by II for 6 straight years. Luiz also ranked #2 in Agribusiness sector in both LatAm and Brazil. In 2019, Luiz was chosen as the best Energy sector earnings estimator by Reuters/Starmine. Prior to UBS, Luiz also worked at HSBC and BTG Pactual. Luiz has industry experience at Shell (Downstream) and Transocean (Upstream) and worked offshore in Brazil for 2 years.

Luz Veronica Bell

Investment OfficerIFC

Mexico

Maanvi Ahuja

Senior AssociateCPPIB

India

Marc Ricart

Co-Founder and Managing PartnerExagon Impact Capital

USA

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Exagon Impact Capital, an Investment Manager that seeks to invest in opportunities resulting from the continued rapid increase in renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure demand in the Latin American and Caribbean region through ESG-oriented global impact investing. Marc has 20 years of professional experience of which 17 have been leading teams structuring, lending and investing in Latam infrastructure and energy transactions, including leading the execution of large cross-border M&A and PPP transactions for global investors. Marc is also a Board Member of Grup Giro, a leading multinational corporation developing vanguard solutions in sustainable packaging technology. He holds a MSc Finance degree.

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Marcel Tamura

Assistant Vice PresidentGIC

Brazil

Marcelo Girão Carneiro

Managing Director, Head of Project FinanceItau BBA

Brazil

Marcelo Girão is a Managing Director and head of Project Finance at Banco Itaú BBA. With more than 23 years of experience, Mr. Girão has a large track record in advising clients and project financing. He has participated in more than 25 GW in power generation, 10,000 Km of transmission lines and several infrastructure projects (toll roads, airports, w&s, etc). The aggregated CAPEX of those projects is over BRL 150 billion. Previously to Itaú BBA, Marcelo spent 5 years at Banco Votorantim, other 6 years at Itaú Unibanco, and 1 year at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Marcelo holds a degree in computer engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA, and a master’s degree in economics and finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (on going).

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Marcelo Lando

CEOEternum Energy

Argentina

CEO at Eternum Energy focusing primarily on development of solar assets, both utility scale and on-site generation. Based in Latin America and focused in Colombia and Argentina. Prior roles in AES and in AES Solar (a 50/50 JV between Riverstone and AES). During 5 year period with AES Solar (later Silver Ridge Power) was based in the US, in the UK and in Spain. Worked executive roles in finance, business development and operations. Worked on all mayor transactions of the company including a proposed IPO in the TSX which was later replaced by selling 50% stake of company to a competitor. Graduate from Chicago Booth MBA and from University of Bath MS Social and Policy Sciences.

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Marcio Trannin

Managing Director, South AmericaSunco Capital

Brazil

Vice-President of the Board of Administrators of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association). Currently is managing Director for LATAM in Sunco Capital. 25+ years of experience in Brazilian and Latin American electric sectors, acting in Business Development and M&A in Renewables, regulatory affairs and commercialization. Graduation in Mechanical Engineering from UERJ (University from Rio de Janeiro State) and master in Corporate and Market Finance from IBMEC.

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Marcos Augusto Perez

Manesco Advogados

Brazil

Marcos Ganut

Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure & Capital ProjectsA&M Infra

USA

He has extensive experience, with over 25 years, leading Projects review, Infrastructure projects and Asset Management for several industries and Global coverage. He worked in projects in Brazil, Latin America, Mexico, US, Canada, over Europe and Africa. Ganut also developed a deep knowledge in valuation working in many transactions. In addition, Ganut have been leading several indicatives related to Compliance Program Implementation, Fraud Prevention and Complex Investigation Processes.

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Maria Ignacia Varela

Head of Corporate and Project FinanceHIF Global

Chile

Maria Victoria Guarin

Senior Investment OfficerIFC

Colombia

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Mariana Abisambra

Investment ManagerJohn Laing

Colombia

Mario Augusto Lima e Silva

President of Administration BoardCorumbá Concessões

Brazil

Mauricio Baez

Gerente de Desarrollo de NegociosPátria Investimentos

Colombia

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Mauricio Talamantes Gutierrez

Seguros Monterrey New York Life

Mexico

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Michael Allen

PartnerArcus Infrastructure Partners LLP

United Kingdom

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Michael Timmermann

Head Infra & PE, Chile, Peru, ColombiaBTG Pactual - Chile

Chile

Michael Timmermann heads the Chile/Peru/Colombia Infra and Private Equity team at BTG Pactual since late 2019 and is currently a board member in Latin America Power and four highway concessions companies in Chile. Previously, Mike was the Chief Business Development Officer at portfolio private equity co LAP (among the biggest renewable energy players in Chile and Peru).

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Miguel Bolinaga

Country ManagerAES

Panama

Miguel Bolinaga is the president of AES businesses in Panama (AES Panamá, AES Changuinola, and more recently Gas Natural Atlántico and Costa Norte LNG Terminal). Before his arrival to Panama, he served as commercial corporate director and later as vice president of Electric Market and External Relations for AES in El Salvador, where the company holds an 80 percent market share in electricity distribution services through four distributing companies, serving more than one million end customers. From 2002 to 2007, he served in La Electricidad de Caracas in Venezuela, a former AES subsidiary, which provides energy services in the city of Caracas, to more than 1.2 million end customers.

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Miguel Cuellar

Business DirectorEDECSA - Mexico

Mexico

Miguel Pereira

CEOBain & Company - Boston

Brazil

Miguel Toledo

CIO – Energy Sector LeadIFC

USA

Mr Toledo has more than 15 years of experience structuring financing for power, gas, transport, and water projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is currently a Chief Investment Officer within IFC's Latin America Infrastructure and Natural Resources group, leading IFC's efforts in Central America, the Caribbean and the Andean regions. Prior to joining IFC in 2005, Mr. Toledo worked at CAF and Citigroup. Mr. Toledo holds a bachelor degree in civil engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and a Masters in Business Administration from McGill University in Montreal.

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Monica Busch

Senior Regional Manager - BrazilEDC

Canada

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Natalia Ramirez

Managing DirectorLazard - Colombia

Colombia

Nick Cleary

Executive Director, head of NYVantage Infrastructure - USA

USA

Noé Reza Gómez

Head of Project FinanceSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Mexico

Graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering from ITESM (Mexico) and an MBA from University of Bradford / Audencia / Universidad de Deusto, joined HSBC in 2004. Noe has extensive experience in infrastructure including the energy, transportation and engineering & construction sectors, and has been involved in a number of energy and infrastructure deals as well as syndication and capital Markets.

Noriaki Watanabe

ManagerMitsui & Co

USA

Pablo Cano

DirectorPatria Investimentos

Colombia

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Pablo Maudes Gutierrez

Crédit Agricole

USA

Pablo Otin

CEOPMOP CONSULTING

Spain

Pablo Otín is CEO and co-founder of Powertisand has anover 18 years in-depth experience in renewable energy in top-notch companies as well as a broad experience in wind and solar and global expertise. Otín holds a BEng (MechanicalEngineering) of Central Lancashire (UK) and University of Zaragoza (Spain). He also holdsan Executive MBA from IEB. Otín led international expansions and built platforms from scratch. Pablo Otín leads Powertis’ activities globally and is driving the company to a leading position in PV markets such as Brazil.

Parag Sharma

Founder and CEOO2 Power

India

Parag is Founder and CEO of O2 Power, a recently set up company, which has raised 500 million US Dollar from EQT and Temasek. This company is focused on setting up large scale wind and solar projects in India. Parag has worked in power sector for almost 23 years. Before starting O2 Power, Parag has worked with ReNew as Chief Operating Officer for 8 years and was instrumental in setting up 5 GW of wind and solar capacity. Parag has also worked as Director in KPMG’s transaction service division and have spent significant 10 years in consulting Industry.

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Paula da Silva

Head of CommercialPetrogal Brasil

Brazil

Paula Goto

Diretora de PlanejamentoPREVI

Paulo Lins

Managing DirectorFranklin Templeton Investiments - Brasil

Brazil

Paulo Meira Lins is CEO of Odebrecht Rodovias, holding that manages more than 1.300 km of concessioned roads, with R$750 million of EBITDA (2017). Entered in Odebrecht in 2012, came from IFC, where he acted as investment officer in Brazil and abroad, structuring projects at the transports and health sectors. Previously, was the advisor of the presidency of the BNDES , working in financing and energy, transport projecting structure. His projects' background include the 2º Stage of Federal Roads Concessions, the BR 116/324 BA and the BA 093 system. He's majored in Law by the USP (University of Sao Paulo) and has a master degree in International Economic Law (LLM) from the Stanford University.

Paulo Mantovani

Power & Utilities DirectorMarsh

Brazil

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Pedro Guedes

Infrastructure InvestmentVinci Partners

Brazil

Philip Hardwick

Business Development Latin AmericaEstates and Infrastructure Exchange

United Kingdom

Pratik Agarwal

Managing DirectorSterlite Power

India

Pratik Agarwal is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sterlite Power Transmission Limited, a leading energy-infrastructure company with operations in India and Brazil. He believes in the incredible opportunity of bringing uninterrupted power to the last 1 billion people in the world. He also believes that with proactive investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure, including inter-continental grids, the energy industry can reduce greenhouse gases and eventually help reverse climate change. Under his leadership, Sterlite Power has grown from a USD 150mn project in 2010 to developing 23 projects across India & Brazil, worth USD 5.6bn. In 2018, was awarded the Economic Times 40 under 40 award

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Rafael Gloria

Asset Manager Santos BasinEquinor

Brazil

Within 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas Industry, Rafael Farias Gloria is a Vice President Finance & Control for Equinor, currently in Brazil Heading Finance & Control in Development & Production Brazil and is part of the Management Committee of the company. Prior to joining Equinor, Rafael has worked as an Auditor in PwC for 5 years with experience in relevant national and international companies in different industry sectors. Rafael holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Rio De Janeiro Federal University and in Accounting from Candido Mendes University. He also holds an MBA Lato Sensu in Finance from IBMEC.

Rajat Seksaria

CEOACME Solar

India

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Raul Portella

VP Operations & MaintenanceEquinor

Brazil

Regis Cardoso

VP Equity Research - Head of Latam Oil & Gas, Infrastructure and Capital GoodsCredit Suisse

Brazil

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Renata Rossetti

Project Finance DirectorBanco do Brasil

Brazil

Renata Rossetti Neves is Director at BB Banco de Investimentos (BB-BI), of the Banco do Brasil Conglomerate, working in Project Finance operations since 2011. She is currently responsible for the Power & Renewables sector. Also, she've gone through the O&G - offshore logistics sectors and logistics infrastructure - ports and waterways, with a broad track record in structuring the transfer of resources from Banco do Brasil's funding lines, including the Regional Development Funds and the provision of guarantees until completion. She holds a bachelor's degree in law, specializing in Business and Infrastructure Contracts from FGV and an MBA in Finance from Insper.

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Renato Povia

Strategy and Innovation DirectorCPFL Energia

Brazil

Reyad Fezzani

Chairman and CEORegenerate Power LLC

USA

Reynaldo Llosa

Gerente GeneralAenza

Peru

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Ricardo Dias

Legal ManagerComgas

Brazil

Ricardo Francisco Fernandez Mazarambroz

Head de RE, Infra & Financial SponsorsBBVA - Mexico

Mexico

Ricardo Paz-Treviño

PartnerGriffin Capital

United Kingdom

Ricardo Zangirolami

CEO BrazilCazetta, Zangirolami Sociedade Advogados

Brazil

Ricardo is the CEO of Sterlite Power Brazil since December 2019, where he joined as Vice-president of Legal & Corporate Affairs in April 2019. He has more than 22 years of experience in the management of Legal and Corporate Affairs Depts. at top local and global companies both in Brazil and Latin America, including: HP/Hewlett Packard Enterprise, CPFL Energy, International Paper, ELEKTRO Energy, ABB-Alstom Power, and Poliolefinas/PPH Petrochemicals. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of São Paulo, with majoring in Business & Corporate Law. He has post-graduations studies in Contracts and Business Law by the Catholic University of São Paulo; and has obtained his International Executive MBA by FIA/USP in 2007.

Robert Jutson

Group Managing DirectorGriffin Capital

United Kingdom

Robert Klein

CEOVoltalia

Brazil

In 2006, Robert Klein participated to the implementation of Voltalia in Brazil, the country which he is still responsible for. After beginning his career in offshore oil drilling in Brazil, Klein participated at the set-up and development of French companies mostly linked to the energy sector in the United States, Middle East and Asia. Robert Klein is graduated in Mathematics from Aix-Marseille University and in Engineering from Centrale Marseille. He holds an MBA in Business Administration from IAE FRANCE - Écoles Universitaires de Management

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Roberto Rocha López

Director de InversionesTemasek Holdings

Mexico

Rodrigo Núñez

VicepresidenteCKD IM

Mexico

Rodrigo has more than 12 years of experience in areas such as investment banking, structured finance and private & public investments. He currently works in CKD Infrastructure Mexico in which he has lead the analysis and execution of various transactions in the Infrastructure and Energy sector.

Rodrigo Pedroso

CEOPacto Energia

Brazil

Rodrigo Ferreira Fonsêca Pedroso is a civil engineer, specialist in hydroelectric generation by the PAPUC -Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, in wind generation by the DEWI Institute of Germany, in commercialization of energy by Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, in project management by FGV - Getulio Vargas Foundation, worked at ANEEL - National Electric Energy Agency and is currently CEO of Pacto Energia S.A.

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Rodrigo Rocha

Partner - InfrastructureVinci Partners

Brazil

Partner at Vinci Partners’ Infrastructure team. Prior to Vinci, He worked for Citi Infrastructure Investors as Investment Principal, responsible for identifying, analyzing and executing transactions for the fund. Previously, he worked in the Strategy and Business Development group of Citi Alternative Investments, the alternative investment platform of Citigroup, where, among other activities, he coordinated the structuring and fundraising of the bank's first infrastructure fund. He also held roles in corporate areas of M&A,Strategy and Treasury at Citi. Before moving to the US, he worked as a consultant at Accenture in Brazil. He graduated in Civil Engineering from UFRJ and holds an MBA from the Univ. of Michigan’s Ross School of Business

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Roel Collier

PartnerTPG Capital- Brazil

Brazil

Roseli Doretto

Diretora ExecutivaEnergybras - Energias Renováveis

Brazil

Rui de Sousa

Gestión de EnergíaGenerador Fenix

Mexico

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Sachin Gupta

Associate DirectorAMP Capital

India

A result-oriented professional offering 14+ years of a successful career with diverse roles in corporate finance and fund management in infrastructure. Key role in origination, deal structuring, portfolio management, financial analysis.

Sambitosh Mohapatra

Leader - ESG/Energy, Utilities and ResourcesPwC

India

Sambitosh is PwC India's Leader for ESG Platform and Energy Utilities and Resources practice. With nearly 24 years of advisory experience in Power and utilities domain across geographies in South Asia, India, Africa and Middle East. He is a specialist in power policy, regulations, development of PPP frameworks and competitive bidding guidelines. Has been involved in transactions across sector value chain - supporting investors, governments, regulators and utilities.

Sandeep Kashyap

PresidentACME Solar

India

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Santiago Alsina

Managing Director LatamLazard - Colombia

Colombia

Santosh Khatelsal

Managing DirectorEnerparc Energy

India

Santosh started Enerparc business in India in 2012 which he leads ever since. He has been in renewable industry since year 2002 when he worked for British Petroleum (BP)’s alternative Energy business. In renewable space, santosh has been involved in investments, asset ownership, contracting, operation and maintenance and capital projects (setting up manufacturing plants) in solar energy. In BP, Santosh was part of the start up of a global centre of excellence which he looked after from 2002 till 2009. Subsequent to this Santosh was briefly involved with 3M in India where he was part of the team that attempted to start a projects centric market center organization.

Satish Talmale

COOIndiGrid

India

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Sebastián Aguirre

Constructora Conconcreto S.A.

Colombia

Sergio Martínez

CEOMase Energy

Mexico

Sergio Pelaenz

Corporate Banking Strategy DirectorBancolombia

Shailesh Pathak

Head - Special Initiatives, Development ProjectsLarsen & Toubro

India

Mr. Pathak has over 3 decades of experience shared equally between the private sector and Government of India's IAS (Indian Administrative Service). He started his career in 1986 with a 4-year investment banking stint at ICICI and HSBC before joining the IAS. He re-joined the private sector in 2006, in IDFC. He returned to the ICICI group as Senior Director (Investments), ICICI Venture, investing private equity in infrastructure. He joined Larsen & Toubro in 2017.He has 360-degree experience in infrastructure finance and execution, having worked in private equity investing and fundraising, both national and global, project finance, project structuring, preparation and appraisal, and investment banking.

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Sidharath Kapur

India

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Simone Tabacci

Advisor, Wimmer FinancialWimmer Family Office

United Kingdom

Senior M&A/Investment banking professional, with 20 years experience in M&A transactions and strategic advisory. Prior to joining Wimmer Family Office in 2016, he worked for Gallo&Co. Limited and Ernst & Young as the Corporate Finance Lead in London. SImone has also worked for Alerion Industries SpA, Alerion Clean Power SpA, building-up a portfolio of renewables assets (wind, solar and biomass) in Italy and Europe. Simone has extensive experience in deal origination and debt/equity financing structures in renewables, infrastructures, diversified industrials and real estate in Italy and Europe. He also holds a degree in Political Economy from the Catholic University of Milan.

Sophie Brossard

Director Corporate CoverageBNP Paribas

Mexico

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Sunil Varma Marri

Senior DirectorCentrum Capital

India

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Susana Lopez

PartnerREAL Infrastructure

USA

Tessa Major

Director of International BusinessPorto do Açu

Brazil

Tessa Major is MSc. in Biology and Marine and Lacustrine Sciences by the University of Ghent. Tessa has worked for five years as Technical Manager Environment at the Port of Antwerp and two year as Manager of Port’s projects at Port of Antwerp International, focused on optimizing performance, detecting and closing investment opportunities in ports and terminals worldwide. In January 2018 Tessa became Chief Commercial Officer of Porto do Açu, being responsible for identifying and leveraging new business opportunities. Since December 2019 Tessa is Director of International Business & Innovation of Porto do Açu and in 2020 she was elected Vice-President of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) for Central & South Americas.

Thiago Marder

Executive DirectorRedram Construtora

Tiago Agostini

VP of Project Finance, EnergyItau BBA

Brazil

Veronica Coelho

Senior Vice President & Country ManagerEquinor

Brazil

Veronica Coelho is a Senior Vice President for Equinor, currently in Brazil heading the Partner Operated Portfolio and Area Development. Working closely with Equinor senior leadership, Mrs.Coelho is responsible for some of Equinor’s strategic operations, including the Roncador operations and the New Energy Projects. She has been with Equinor for about 12 years in Brazil and Norway. Prior to joining Statoil, she was a Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting, specialized in the Brazil Oil and Gas regulatory & fiscal framework, received a B.S. in Business Management from the Fluminense Federal University in Rio de Janeiro and specialized in Financial and Commercial Regulations for International Business Transactions.

Victor Leitão

CFOZEG Environmental

Victor Ochoa

Director de Relaciones ExternasShell - Mexico

Mexico

Vijay Agarwal

DirectorInfracap India Advisers India Pvt Limited

India

Vinoo George

PresidentAvaada Group - Noida

India

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Walter Fang

Managing DirectorAssistencial Consulting

Brazil

Mr. Walter Fang currently is Managing Partner, Assitencial Consulting Group (ACG) China, he also serves as Vice Chairman of the industry alliance Edge Computing Consortium (ECC). Mr. Fang has over 40 years of experiences in IT industry. He has worked for IBM in Canada, U.S., Asia Pacific, and China for 28 years, and has held many senior management, technical, and consulting positions. From May 2013 to December 2017, Mr. Fang has been CTO, Executive Vice President, President of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Alliance at iSoftStone. From May 2002 to October 2011, he was CTO of Neusoft Group, and President and Board Director of Neusoft America. From May 2000 to April 2002, he was CEO of Computer & Technologies Software.

Wilson Chen

Project Finance VPItau BBA

Brazil

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30/06/2020 | 14:00 - 15:30 | BST (GMT+1)

Models, risks, matrix and prices

Pandemic impacts on the Energy Sector in short, medium & long term.

How do consumer habits change and what should be the impacts on residential, commercial, and industrial segments?
Will the crisis push governments, companies and consumers to new market designs?
Pandemic effects on the energy transition: fast-forward or slowing down? What innovation trends will be interrupted? What will be accelerated?
In what terms do risk models have to be updated?
ESG adoption - what are the pandemic effects on companies and investors' mindsets?
What market designs are broken, and which ones don’t need to be fixed?
Energy prices and matrix in a reduced demand and low O&G price scenario - where are the best opportunities?

Moderator

Inés Vázquez Vargas

Partner

Estudio Echecopar

Moderator

Renato Valdivia

Head of Commercialization

Atlas Renewable Energy

David Delaire

MD & Head Asset Management

MPC Capital

Gustavo Fernandes

Head of International Development

Voltalia Portugal

Mauro Battisti

Newave Capital

Rajiv Mishra

Managing Director

CLP India

Shailesh Pathak

Head - Special Initiatives, Development Projects

Larsen & Toubro

Tarun Shankar

Sr. Infrastructure Investment Professional

IFC

01/07/2020 | 14:00 - 15:30 | BST (GMT+1)

Digitalization:

Sea of opportunities or swamp full of threats?

What are the main upcoming disruptions we shall expect on the market design and business models?
How does digitalization re-shape the distribution business in the transition context? And how are companies preparing for this?
Consumer to prosumer - How does this transformation impact the whole power ecosystem and how does digitalization support it?
Distribution x distributed energy - Enemies or allies?
EaaS: What are the main investment benefits and limitations of the model? How to succeed with this capital intensive marriage between investors and developers?
How to push regulation evolution and financial instruments to stimulate technology adoption in undeveloped markets?
What is missing to settle energy efficiency as a driver of innovation, sustainability, and new business models?

Moderator

Lauro Neto

Chief Operating Officer

ERL Engenharia

Csilla Kohalmi-Monfils

Innovation Director

Engie

David Taff

CEO

Siemens Participações

Deep Gupta

Managing Director

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets

Eddie O'Connor

Executive Chairman

Mainstream Renewable Power

Harsh Shah

CEO & Executive Director

IndiGrid

02/07/2020 | 14:00 - 15:30 | BST (GMT+1)

Renewables and Storage:

Perfect marriage or uneven pace?

Are ESG and compliance the renewables' aces in the hole?
Supply Chain: can the next level of innovation really foster market development?
Should we expect any supply chain disruption, relocation, and new cost curves?
Costs x Quality - Who is going to win this clash?
Investor's appetite, demand uncertainty, impacts on financing - what are the next expansion boundaries?
What is the present and future of green bonds in financing the transition?
What is missing to boost energy storage adoption by renewables and grid management?

Moderator

Diego Hollweck

Generadora Metropolitana

Moderator

Sidharath Kapur

Amit Jain

MD - Middle East, South & Central Asia

ENGIE Solar India

Amit Jain

Senior Energy Specialist

The World Bank

Carlos Barrera

CEO

Atlas Renewable Energy

Michael Timmermann

Head Infra & PE, Chile, Peru, Colombia

BTG Pactual - Chile

Naveen Khandelwal

COO

Bright Night Energy

Sergio Brandão

Co-Founder & CEO

Illian Renewable Energy

Tessa Major

Director of International Business

Porto do Açu

03/07/2020 | 14:00 - 15:30 | BST (GMT+1)

Decarbonization:

Is net zero around the corner or still a long way to go?

How does the crisis impact the O&G Majors' environmental commitments and economic imperatives?
How does the energy transition fit into the business plan of O&G companies?
What is the role of O&G venture capital in the energy transition?
Reduced gas prices and technological innovation - is this formula still attractive even in a world going decarbonized?
Is LNG still the power source of the energy transition?
Gas to Power - Golden age or end of the line?

Moderator

Andre Clark

Senior Vice President for Latin America and Vice President Brazil

Siemens Energy Brasil

Dhruba Purkayastha

Director

Climate Policy Initiative

Eduardo Klepacz

Head of Infrastructure Investments

A.Dias Solar

Neha Kumar

India Programme Manager

Climate Bonds Initiative

Olav Skalmeraas

VP Marketing, Midstream and Processing

Equinor

Pratik Agarwal

Managing Director

Sterlite Power

Inés Vázquez Vargas

PartnerEstudio Echecopar

Peru

Ines has more than 15 years of experience in concessions, privatizations and utilities regulation, with emphasis on the electricity sector. She has a solid background in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and financing. Ines has handled several acquisition transactions and sale of companies, as well as assets and shares participations, including mergers, spin-offs, reorganizations and other structures, both domestic and international. She was head of Latin America Power's Legal Department for two years, during which she gained wide experience and was exposed to transactions in multiple jurisdictions. She has worked on privatization and concession procedures in the electric power sector for private clients.

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Renato Valdivia

Head of CommercializationAtlas Renewable Energy

USA

David Delaire

MD & Head Asset ManagementMPC Capital

Germany

Gustavo Fernandes

Head of International DevelopmentVoltalia Portugal

Portugal

Mauro Battisti

Newave Capital

Brazil

Mauro has more than 22 years of experience in the Power & Utilities and O&G sectors, having completed more than 160 transactions in M&A, Project Finance and ECM in LatAm and Europe. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, he worked for 7 years and a half on BTG Pactual's Investment Banking. He also worked in London for Dresdner Kleinwort and HSBC Investment Bank, always focused on covering the energy chain. He began his career at Itaú BBA, at the Project Finance team for the energy segment. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP), MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Masters in International Studies from the same University, with emphasis on finance, public and energy policies.

Rajiv Mishra

Managing DirectorCLP India

India

Mr Mishra is responsible for running CLP's business in India. He joined the CLP Group in 2002 and has over 20 years’ of experience in the power industry, both in India and internationally, mostly involved in project financing, investment appraisal, finance and accounting and general management. Mr Mishra is a Director of various subsidiary companies of the CLP Group. Before assuming the role of Managing Director of CLP India Private Ltd., Rajiv has held a variety of senior positions in the Power Industry viz. Deputy Managing Director/Chief Financial Officer of BLCP Power in Thailand, Finance Director of PowerGen India and Finance Director of LG Energy in Seoul, South Korea.

Shailesh Pathak

Head - Special Initiatives, Development ProjectsLarsen & Toubro

India

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Tarun Shankar

Sr. Infrastructure Investment ProfessionalIFC

India

Tarun is an infrastructure professional working with International Finance Corporation – The World Bank Group. He manages exposures for IFC across sectors. With an academic background in Economics and Management, he is a professional with experience spanning more than two decades. His previous employers have included IDBI, IL&FS, HSBC and IBRD (The World Bank Group).

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Lauro Neto

Chief Operating OfficerERL Engenharia

Brazil

Senior C-Level executive with 20+ years of experience in the Energy and Construction sectors, helping companies deploy their business in Brazil and also operating and maintaining their assets, implementing new technologies and business models. Having majored in Civil Engineering with an PMP certification and Financial Management Specialization, as the COO of Lactec, one of the most relevant R&D centers in Brazil, I’m in charge of R&D and innovation areas, Labs, and Technological Services (assets monitoring systems, lidar scanning, due diligence consultancy, hydropower plants hydraulic models and more).

Csilla Kohalmi-Monfils

Innovation DirectorEngie

France

25 years strategic, operational and managerial experience in both industry and consulting. Track record delivering results across borders and across industries in the areas of new business development, joint ventures & alliances, change management, post merger integration and strategy implementation. Fast adapter, successful at leveraging broad industry experience to formulate creative and innovative business strategies. Proven ability working with senior executives, government & non-government agencies, clients, contractors and staff. Fluent in English, Spanish, French and Hungarian, conversant in German Specialties: business development, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, project management, change management.

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David Taff

CEOSiemens Participações

Brazil

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Deep Gupta

Managing DirectorMacquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets

India

Deep is a Managing Director in MIRA and a member of the India team based in Mumbai. Since joining Macquarie Group in 2008, Deep has led acquisitions, management and disposal of several investments across various sectors, including building expertise in the transport, communications and energy sectors in India. Deep has been a member of the investing team across all infrastructure funds managed by MIRA in India, including the MAIF series. Deep currently manages the investments in transport and communications sectors and sits on several portfolio company boards. Prior to joining Macquarie Group, Deep worked with Strategic Decisions Group, providing strategic advise to companies in India.

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Eddie O'Connor

Executive ChairmanMainstream Renewable Power

Ireland

Chairman, Mainstream Renewable Power, of which I was founder and CEO for 9 years. Before that I set up Airtricity in 1997, and was CEO for 11 years until it was sold to SSE in 2008 I invented the Supergrid concept in 2001, and have set up SuperNode to develop a new cheap way of building transmission grids. I was awarded the accolade of being World Energy Policy Leader in 2003 by Scientific American magazine.

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Harsh Shah

CEO & Executive DirectorIndiGrid

India

Mr. Harsh Shah has extensive experience in infrastructure sector across bidding, financing, operations, M&A and regulatory policy. Mr. Shah was instrumental in setting up IndiGrid, India’s first InvIT in the power transmission sector, where he currently serves as the CEO and Whole-time Director. He is also a member of the SEBI Advisory Committee for InvITs and REITs. Previously, he served as the CEO at Sterlite Power Transmission. He has worked with L&T, L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited and Procter & Gamble International Operations Pte. Limited. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Nirma Institute of Technology.

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Diego Hollweck

Generadora Metropolitana

Chile

Sidharath Kapur

India

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Amit Jain

MD - Middle East, South & Central AsiaENGIE Solar India

India

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Amit Jain

Senior Energy SpecialistThe World Bank

India

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Carlos Barrera

CEOAtlas Renewable Energy

USA

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Michael Timmermann

Head Infra & PE, Chile, Peru, ColombiaBTG Pactual - Chile

Chile

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Naveen Khandelwal

COOBright Night Energy

India

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Sergio Brandão

Co-Founder & CEOIllian Renewable Energy

Brazil

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Tessa Major

Director of International BusinessPorto do Açu

Brazil

Andre Clark

Senior Vice President for Latin America and Vice President BrazilSiemens Energy Brasil

Brazil

André Clark began his career in the Pulp&Paper industry in 1995. He has 17 years of experience in Energy, Oil&Gas, Manufacturing, Logistics and Infrastructure areas. He was CEO of Acciona for Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. Now, Mr Clark is the President and CEO of Siemens Brazil, since November, 1st, 2017. He holds Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and MBA in Finance and Operations Management from New York University Stern School of Business.

Dhruba Purkayastha

DirectorClimate Policy Initiative

India

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Eduardo Klepacz

Head of Infrastructure InvestmentsA.Dias Solar

Brazil

Eduardo Klepacz is Managing Director of GTIS, and is the head of the firm’s Brazil Infrastructure business. Mr Klepacz has more than 10 years of experience in infrastructure investment. For the three years prior to joining GTIS, he worked in the creation of Cubico Sustainable Investments (“Cubico”), where he acted as CEO of Brazil, managing a portfolio of renewable energy projects of $ 350 million in equity investments (620 MW) and led a team of more than 90 employees. Before joining Cubico Brazil, he was the Head of Capital Structuring at Santander Bank, responsible for the proprietary investment in renewable energy. He holds a degree in Economics from ibmec (Insper) and Executive Education in Haas School of Business – UC Berkeley 2012

Neha Kumar

India Programme ManagerClimate Bonds Initiative

India

Ms Neha Kumar works as the India Programme Manager for Climate Bonds Initiative and is based in Delhi. She drives policy, strategy and partner programmes in the country to scale up the green bonds market and green financial ecosystem. She has fifteen years of experience working on public policy and industry action in India on non financial risks, sustainability and responsible financing. In her stint at GIZ India (German Development Agency) prior to joining CBI, she steered projects that led to ESG disclosures regulation by the Indian market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India; and the development of financial sector led Responsible Financing Guidelines.

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Olav Skalmeraas

VP Marketing, Midstream and ProcessingEquinor

Brazil

Olav is vice president for Equinor ́s Midstream Infrastructure in Brazil. Before the current position he was Country Manager for Germany, worked in North America and in Central Asia overseeing Equinor’s midstream activities. Before joining Equinor in 2008, Olav worked in Norsk Hydro as managing director of Norsk Hydro’s aluminium activities in South America and before 2004 as vice president of power and gas marketing activities in Europe. Prior to 2000 he had various managerial positions within oil and gas sales and transportation in Saga Petroleum, an independent oil and gas company in Norway. Olav has a Master of Science in Marine Engineering and postgraduate studies in economics.

Pratik Agarwal

Managing DirectorSterlite Power

India

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